wow! a whole 3 1/2 years, all that means is that people like me and my mate who have been riding 8 an 9 years but have both not had access to TF till recently have to listen to kiddies that have been riding 8 an 9 months talk about boring pointless stuff, (all because my old membership won't work) thats whats so annoying. i started riding 12 years ago when kennard would have probably been a toddler lol, so i don't need all the crap just to get validated again, shouldn't validation be judged on total time riding (although this may be rather difficult as some people may blatently lie, but surely the mods with there experience could get the info of people, for example how many riders in NMC know of riders like JJ Gregorwicz, will cogger, ian cooper, etc? not many i suspect).